Reed sounding unit



May 31, 1960 s. FREIMAUER 2,938,301

REED soumnmc UNIT Filed Sept. so. 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 May 31, 1960 s.FREIMAUER 2,938,301

REED souuomc UNIT Filed Sept. so, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 United States IPatent i 2,938,301 REED SOUNDING UNIT Sam Freimauer, 92 Quitman St.,Newark, NJ.

Filed Sept. 30, 1953, Ser. No. 383,161

4 Claims. (Cl. 46-117) This invention relates to a new form of a reedunit and a means for mounting it in the so called voice dolls. Theprincipal object of my invention is to provide a new voice making unitespecially adapted for use in a voice doll but not limited thereto,which unit is cheaper to manufacture and much easier to assemble on adoll and one that is more eflicient in its operation.

Other ancillary objects will appear from the description which followstaken in connection with the annexed drawings wherein Figure l is a viewof a doll with my invention installed therein.

Figure 2 is a viewon an enlarged scale of the head part of the dollshown in Figure l at the neck portion.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 but of a slightly modified formof construction.

Figure 4 shows, on a much enlarged scale, my new voice or sound makin'gunit being installed in a fragmentary portion of the doll.

Figure 5 is a view on the line 55 of Figure 4 but showing a largerportion of the doll.

Figure 6 is a view of the unit shown in Figure 4 looking in thedirection of the arrow A.

Figure 7 is a sectional view showing the reed unit' fully installed asin Figure 1 with some of the doll body filling around the inner end ofthe unit.

Figure 8 is a view on the line 8-8 of Figure 7.

Figure 9 is a view on the line 9-9 of Figure 7.

Figure 10 is a section on the line 1010 of Figure 6.

Figure 11 is a plan view of the reed used in the sound unit.

In the various views wherein like numbers referring to the correspondingparts, D is a picture of the doll to which the invention is applicable,the framework or casing of which, is made of some flexible material suchas rubber, at least the arms, body and legs of the doll being filledwith some soft flexible material 2 which readily responds to pressureapplied to the casing. In the neck portion N of the doll is a supportmember 3 of rigid material such as wood or equivalent, having a circularflange 4 forming a locking surface 5 whereby the flexible material 2forming the neck of the doll will be forced over the flange 4 into thesurface 5 and hold the dolls head in secure position and at the sametime locate the position of the support 3. The support 3 has an interiorcavity 6, preferably circular to form an air chamber to receive the reedunit U. A small hole 6a at right angles to the longitudinal axis of thecavity 6 is provided to re ceive the reed unit. The outer end of thishole has a counter bore or recess H to receive the flanges 8 and 13 ofthe reed unit as shown in Figures 1, 2, 3, 7 and 8.

The unit U has a part 7 with a semi-circular flange 8 at one end, alsoit has inturned lugs 9 and 10 which serve to engage the lugs 17 on thereed 11 and hold the reed member 11 securely in place on a raisedportion 21 on member 12 which also has a semi-circular flange 13 at oneend to form in effect a circular flange with the semicircular flange 8.The member 12.has a sharp pointed 2,938,301 Patented May '31, 1960 end14 for the purpose to be later described. The member 12 has itssemi-circular forward part 15 provided with a plurality of smallperforations 16 to allow air to pass through but not to allow any of thepacking material 2 to pass through to interfere with the movement ofreed 11 which has, as stated, oppositely disposed lugs 17 to hold it inposition between the parts 7 and 12. It will be noted that the reed 11is normally straight while the inner end 22 of part 7 is slightly bentaway from the reed 11 to allow air to pass by the reed but the bend 22is not enough to allow the packing 2 to pass although in time some of itmay find its way into the cavity 6 as shown in Figures 7, 8 and 9.

In prior art construction of reed units for the doll works, an eyelethad to be provided to support a reed construction, the eyelet having aflange to fit into the recess H. To assemble the old style reed in thehole 6a, the rubber 1 had to be punctured by a separate tool in order toinsert the reed structure into the hole 6a going into the cavity 6. Alsothe entrance to the cavity end of the support member 3 had to be coveredwith a cloth type screen in order to prevent the flexible material 2from getting into the cavity and stopping the reed from vibrating whenpressure was applied to the frame work 1. In our construction the reedunit shown in Figures 4 and 6 can by pressure, applied to the flangeportions 8 and 13, force the sharp point 14 through the rubber over thehole 6a as shown in Figures 5, 7 and 8 into the cavity up to the pointwhere the flange sections 8 and 13 enter the recess made for them in thesupport member 3. From this it will be seen that the time of assembly ofthe unit in the doll is materially reduced and the whole structure muchsimplified.

In the modified form shown in Figure 3, the dolls neck portion 18 may beof non-flexible material with an internal flange 19, while the supportmember 20 in this form may have some flexibility to allow the flange 19to pass over and around rim 21.

The dolls head may be made of any suitable material, either solid orhollow like the body, legs and arms and filled with the compressiblematerial as described if desired, also the support 3 can be installedwhen the doll is made as the reed unit can be installed later asdescribed.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is: 1. A reed unit forforcible insertion into a desired structure such as a toy body, saidunit being composed of two interlocking parts formed so as to provide anair channel between them, a reed securely held between said parts andextending longitudinally in the channel at the junction of said parts,both of said parts terminating at one end in half-annular flangesforming together a circular flange with a relatively broad surfaceadapted to be strongly pressed, one of said parts extending at its freeend beyond the free end of the other part and the reed, and terminatingin a sharp point whereby sufficient pressure applied to the circularflange will drive the sharp point through the body of the toy.

2. A reed unit as set forth in claim 1 further defined in that said unithas one of its parts provided with a plurality of small holes thereinfor the purpose described.

3. A reed unit as set forth in claim 1 further defined in that the parthaving the sharp point also has a plurality of small holes therein forthe purpose described.

4. A reed unit for forcible insertion into a desired structure such as atoy body, said unit being composed of at least two interlocking partsformed so as to provide an air channel between them, a reed securelyheld between said parts and extending longitudinally in the channel atthe junction of said parts, said unit having a flange at one end whichis adapted to be strongly operated on for assembly of the unit into astructure adapted 3, to receive it, one of said parts extending at itsfree end beyond the free end of the other part and the reed, andterminating in a sharp point whereby sufiicient force applied to saidflange will drive the sharp point through the body of the structureadapted to receive it.

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